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Eric Schmidt: Sun Microsystems
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Schmidt, 46, became Google's CEO last summer when co-founder Larry Page, 28, stepped down. He previously was chief executive and chairman of software maker Novell, and before that was chief technology officer at Sun Microsystems.
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Schmidt was a member of the research staff at the Computer Science Lab at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) and held positions at Bell Laboratories and Zilog. In 1983, Schmidt joined Sun Microsystems as software manager. At Sun he led the development of Java, Sun's platform-independent programming technology, and defined Sun's Internet software strategy. He later became chief technology officer and corporate executive officer. From 1997 to 2001, Schmidt was CEO of Novell.
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Eric was elected to the board at a meeting yesterday, Apple said. He came to Google from Novell in 2001. Before that he was chief technology office at Sun Microsystems, in its glorious days.
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